Box for carrying bottles



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BOX FOR CARRYING BOTTLES. No. 278,504. Patented May29,1883.-

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JOSEPH o'. dimmer new Yoax, N. Y., ASSIGNOR To'JoHN H. J. BONNER, OF SAMEPLAGE.

BOX FOR CARRYING BIOTII'LES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,504, dated May 29, 1883.

Application filed March 8, 1883. (No model.)

7'0 all whomt't may concern:

easily kept clean. I ain aware that open bot- Be it known that I, JOSEPH G. GARY, a cititoms have-been constructed of square slats;

zen of theUnited States, residingat New York, in the county and State of New York, 5 have invented new, and useful Improvements in Boxes for OarryingBottles, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to a box for carrying bottles,which is constructed in a novel and 1 to peculiar manner, as fully pointed out inthe following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,-in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view,partly in section. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section in the 1 'planew m, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a transverse section in the plane 3 y, Fig. 1. Fig. at is an inverted plan. Fig. 5 is an end view, partly in section. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of. one of thelframes.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings, the letters A A designate the side pieces and B B the end pieces of my box. These pieces are all made or the same height, and the side pieces are secured to the y 2 end pieces by means of nails. In the outer surfaces, near their ends, are formed grooves a a, which correspond in position with grooves b b, form'edin the edges of the end pieces, and into these grooves areplaced the strapping-wires o 0, which are secured in. position by means of staples c, and the ends of which are bent at right angles and driven into the wood, so-that by the action of said strapping-wires the side pieces and end pieces are firmly held together.

I am aware that'it is a common practice to strap boxes with hoop-iron; but such hoopiron straps cannot conveniently be applied to my box, and, furthermore, my strappingwires do not project above the surface of the wood, so that they are protected against blows and are not liable to become loose; and I am also aware that barrels and boxes have been held together by strappings'of wire laid into grooves the liquid can lodge, and that the box can be receive and sustain the bottles.

and confined by staples and nails, and such ping-wires O, and by these meansavery strong and durable box is obtained.

In the interior of the box are. placed the frames F G, which are provided with cells to The frameF', 6 which I use by preference, is constructed of a metallic rim, f, longitudinal strips f, and transverse stripsf the stripsf' and)" being firmly secured at their ends'to the rimf, while they are connected at their crossings by solder or other suitable means. In the example shown in the drawings each of thelongitudinal st-ri'psf is provided with a series of incisions extending half-way up, Fig; 6, and the trans- I verse stripsf are provided withincisions extending half-way down, to engage with the incisions in the longitudinal strips. The rim f is by preference made of metal wire,and itengages with groovesf formed in the inner surfaces of the side pieces, A A, and the end pieces, B B. The frame G is constructed of longitudinal wires g and transverse wires 9, and they are connected at their crossings by cross-ties g in addition to solder. The crossties are either made of wire or of sheet metal. The ends of the wires 9 gengage with grooves g formed in the inner surfaces of the side pieces, A A, and the end pieces, B- B. After one of the side pieces, A, has been secured to the end pieces, the frames F G are slipped into the grooves f 9 and themthe second side piece is secured in position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, substantially as herein- 5 before described, of the side pieces, the end pieces, the recesses formed in the end pieces, the longitudinal bottom strips fitted into said recesses, and the transverse dowels secured in the bottom strips. t

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2. A box for shipping bottles, consisting of the side pieces and the end pieces having exterior grooves, and strapped together by wires confined in the grooves by staples, the longi- 5 tndinal bottom strips arranged in recesses in' the end pieces, the transverse dowels secured in thebottom strips, and cell-frames supported within grooves in the side pieces, substantially as described.

3. The combinationot' the side pieces and end pieces, grooved on theirinnersurfaces,with' the frames composed oflongitudinal and transverse wires having their ends arranged, respectively, inthe grooves of the end and side [5 pieces, and united atstheir crossings by crossties and solder, substantially as and for the purpose described. e

4. A frame for carrying bottles, composed of longitudinal wires and transverse wires, which are secured together by corner-ties and solder, 20

substantially in the manner shown and described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

JOSEPH 0.. GARY. [L. s]

Witnesses:

' W. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

